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    Too cold to shoot, made some ball pouches

    Like the cold in Vermont post, It's pretty cold here in Alberta, -20 again this morning. Supposed to warm up this afternoon, then into the cold again. I made these two pouches fashioned after one I got from an old time shooter in Edmonton. They are made from some left over pieces of moose hide I...
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    What are the wait times on a Clay Smith kit

    Anybody order a trade rifle kit recently from Clay Smith? Wondering what the wait times are? I emailed him and am waiting for an answer but was wondering if anyone has order3d one recently.
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    Squirrel hunting with the traditions 50 cal.

    I've been hunting deer with my dads CVA big bore Mountain rifle (I have a thread on that already) but my daughter and S.I.L were up this weekend. We were unsuccessful in getting her a deer though. It was a beautiful Nov. day here in Alberta and it has been unseasonably warm. My S.I.L. never grew...
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    Anyone use shotgun lock for a pistol?

    I bought a bag of miscellaneous parts at an estate sale. There was 1/2 dozen shotgun locks, left and right side. Wondering about using one for a scratch pistol build? only issue is the shape may not work to support the drum? May be more interest from shotgun guys to buy these locks and then I'd...
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    Heading out with the smoothbore tomorrow.

    Going to take my finished smoothbore and horn for a walk tomorrow and see if I can get some grouse.
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    Buffalo horn to go with the smoothbore I just built

    I built a .54 cal smoothbore as a poor man’s trade rifle. I wanted a rustic horn that would be something a free trapper might have had. Horn was a raw horn I sourced here locally from the abattoir. I made the plug from a piece of dry birch I cut here. The end plug and tip plug I cut from a dry...
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    Buckshot loads in a 28 gauge smoothboe

    Did a search and there isn’t much. Read a little and sounds like #3 or #4 would be the way to go. Anybody done this? If a #4 only weighs 21 grains, how many do you use in a load?
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    Traditions smoothbore first range report

    Got my traditions smoothbore build to the range today. Quite happy with the performance. shot flawlessly from the get go. No miss fires and no flash in the pan. On the target below (Shot at 50meters) the first shot was 60Gr of FF and a patched .535 round ball. Shot low.(also getting used to the...
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    Traditions Kentucky smoothbore build

    I live in David Thompson Country and hunt and trek in areas he travelled along the North Saskatchewan and Brazeau rivers. Many of these areas are accessible by foot or horse only and really haven't changed in the last 200 years. (no human disturbance, logging oil and gas etc). I really want to...
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    My Traditions Kentucky poor mans Brown bess/trade rifle build conundrum! (Rob M comments please)

    So I bought a Traditions Kentucky rifle kit and ordered a 7/8" octagon to round (last 4") 54 cal smoothbore barrel from Colerain. My intention was to make it look like the Brown bess in the picture below. I made a mistake on measuring the existing barrel length by 1" (short). I wanted the...
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    What size vent liner for my Colerain smoothbore Traditions Kentucky project

    I have a 54 cal smoothbore 7/8” octagon barrel coming from Scott for my Traditions Kentucky flintlock. I will be ordering barrel tenons, sight etc. from TOTW and will need to order a vent liner to install. I don’t need it to match the thread size of my old 50 cal barrel but am new to this and am...
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    Swapping locks on Traditions Kentucky from percussion to flint.

    I’m building my smoothbore Kentucky flintlock project right now. I have an opportunity to buy an un assembled Traditions Kentucky percussion kit for a pretty good price. Rather than swap the barrel on my existing flintlock, I’m wondering if a Traditions flint lock will drop in to the inletted...
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    Period correct knife for fur trade in western Canada 1800-1815

    As I live and trek right here in David Thompson Country, at the head of the North Saskatchewan river, I am setting myself up to be relatively period correct for some trekking. I will be trekking along the North Sask in areas travelled by Thompson from the time of his travel through the Howse...
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    Having difficulty contacting Colerain barrels

    I'm trying to order a smoothbore barrel from Colerain. I used their contact form email to inquire and did get a response after about a week that they would do a 7/8" octagon 54 smoothbore. I replied 3 times with trying to actually order one and haven't heard back in over 3 weeks. I also have...
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    Replacing traditions Kentucky barrel with a smoothbore

    I’m bored over the holidays and have been tinkering and cleaning a few of my muzzleloaders. I have a desire to get a .62 (20 gauge) smoothbore trade rifle. Expensive and tough to find here in Canada. Wondering if anyone has replaced the barrel on a Kentucky flintlock with a smoothbore? Is there...
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    Shot loads in a rifled 50 cal traditions

    As the thread title says I have been experimenting with shooting shot loads out of my Traditions kentucky 50 cal. Our grouse season was extended to January 15th a couple years ago, so I thought it would be fun to try and get a few and a rabbit or 2 with the flintlock. I don't have a smoothbore...
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    Heading to the woods with my dad's big bore Mountain Rifle tomorrow.

    My father passed this spring quite suddenly. All his guns came to me in the estate. He had a CVA Big Bore mountain rifle that he built from a kit in the late 1970's or maybe early 1980's.. I explained a bit more in another thread in the percussion section, but to make a long story short he only...
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    Anybody know of an Investarms delaer in Canada?

    My SIL wants to build a kit rifle. I saw a good youtube video from "Hawken Expert Bob Woodfill" (Link below) of a Gemmer Hawken built to be close to the lines of an original Hawken. I'm thinking of getting an Investarms Gemmer Hawken kit and if there was a Canadian dealer I would likely go cap...
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    First Deer With the flintlock.

    This is my first deer with my Traditions 50 cal Kentucky with .490 RB and .015 patch. I Rattled him in to a head on slightly quartering away shot at about 50 yards. Round ball went in just behind the from shoulder and I found the ball next to the hide on the opposite hind quarter (picture attached.
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    How to tell if my Traditions deer hunter was a kit gun?

    Hey fellas. My new to me traditions deer hunter arrived. I bought it for a Christmas gift for my SIL to cut his teeth on muzzleloading. Looking at the traditions site the current complete model has a synthetic ram rod and fibre optic sites. This one has nice steel sites and a wood ram rod. Is...
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